Gurgaon cops to seek custody of Unitech bosses

GURGAON: The city police are planning to seek custody of Unitech managing director Sanjay Chandra and his brother Ajay Chandra, who were picked up by the economic offence wing (EOW) of the Delhi police in Gurgaon on Friday.

The duo, who were produced in Patiala House court that remanded them in police custody till Monday, have been booked under sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC for allegedly failing to complete a housing project, Anthea Floors, in Gurgaon's Sector 70 in time. The two allegedly did not return the money to the buyers, who had demanded refunds for delay in handing over the possession of flats.

Now, the Gurgaon police, which have been dragging their feet on the case so far, have suddenly waken up from their slumber and are planning to investigate around 150 similar cases pending against the duo mainly at Sector 40, Sadar, Civil Line and Udyog Vihar police stations.

Gurgaon police commissioner Sandeep Khirwar was not available for comments. DCP (crime) Sumit Kuhar, however, said: "The arrested two are wanted in several other cases in Gurgaon. We will take them on production warrant for questioning soon."

Currently, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is levied at 12 per cent on payments made for under-construction property or ready-to-move-in flats where completion certificate has not been issued at the time of sale.